Paper-roll carrier, guide, and cutter.



G. R; HOTGHKISS.

PAPER ROLL CARRIER, GUIDE, AND CUTTER.

APPLICATION FILED SE PTJQ, 1908.

Patented Jan. 12, 1909.

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CHARLES RICHARD. HOTCHKISS, or WATER VALLEY, mssrssrrrr.

PAPER-ROLL CARRIER, GUIDE, AND CUTTER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 12, 1909.

.Applioation filed September 19, 1908. fieriel No. 463,849.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES RICHARD Horomnss, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Water Valley, in the county of Yalobusha and State of Mississippi, have invented a new and Improved Paper-Roll Carrier, Guide, and Cutter, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to means for supporting a roll of wrapping paper in such a manner that an desired portion of the paper may be unrolle therefrom and severed; and has for its object to provide novel details of construction for a device of the character indicated, which afford a convenient support for a paper roll, permit a detachment thereof from said support, provide a guide for the free end of the paper, means for moving said end portion beneath the guide, and means for cutting the portion of paper that is projected at the end of the guide from the portion that is held beneath said guide.

The invention consists in the novel construction and combination of parts, as is hereinafter described and defined in the appended claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specifi cation, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure l is a perspective view of the improvement arranged for service; Fig. 2 is an enlarged longitudinal sectional View, substantially on the line 2-2 in Fig. 1, and Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view, substantially on the line 33 in Fig. 2.

In the drawings, 5 indicates a flat basepiece for the device, which may be formed of hard wood or any other available material. The base-piece 5 is of any preferreddimensions and is marginally rectangular, having greater length than width.

At one end of the base-piece 5 two posts 66 are oppositely erected, having an equal height, and at opposite points near their upper ends a perforation is formed in each post, for the reception of screws a that'pass oosely through the perforated posts and are screwed into the ends of a carrier-rod 7, provided for the support of a paper-roll A. The rod 7 is cylindrical, and centrally in each end one of the pair of pintle-screws a is screwed, thus providing journaled connections for the roller with the posts 6, 6.- his not necessary, however, that the rod 7 turn on the posts 6.

Upon the base-piece 5, extending from the A material, that is mainly flat and rectangular in shape, having two similar flanges. 8 formed thereon oppositely and projected downward at right angles to the flat body of the guide plate. The flanges 8 are spaced apart a distance equal with the width of the base-piece, and are mounted thereon, embracing opposite side edges thereof. The flanges 8 are secured on the base-piece 5 by screws 1) in such a manner that a suitable space will intervene between the guide-plate 8 and the upper surface of the base-piece, said space 0 being designed for the free passage of a sheet of wrapping paper through it.

Upon the side edges of the base-piece 5, and at a suitable distance from the front 'end of the guide-plate 8, two fiat posts 10 are secured, which are disposed oppositely and are each singly perforated near their upper ends.

Archer 11, having a preferably cylinsdrical body, is journaled at its ends on the posts 10 by means of screws d, that are inserted centrally in said ends after passing through the perforations in the posts mentioned. In the roller body 11, near each end thereof, an annular groove 6 is formed of an equal depth, said grooves each receiving an elastic ring 9, that, after embedment in a corresponding groove, projects from the surface of the roller. As the bodies of the rings are of an equal diameter and preferably circular in cross section, it will be evident that; the peripheral surfaces of said rings will be equally projected beyond the periphery of the roller upon which they are mounted.-

Directly below each ring 9 a slot h is formed in the guide-plate 8, so that the surfaces of the rlngs 9 may project slightly through said slots. In the base-piece 5, be-

low the slots 71., corresponding slots 2' of proper dimensions are formed, and in each of said slots 71 a small roller 12 is rotatably supported on a pintle-rod is, that is inserted above the top surface of the base-piece and contact with the u er rings 9:

Upon the carrier-r ,before it 18 mounted upon the posts 6, 6, a roll of wrapp ng paper A is loosely mounted as herembefore mentioned, andat one end is passed forwardly through the crevice 0 and into contact with the rings 9 and rollers 12, producing a paper sheet A.

It will be seen that upon turning the roller 11 in direction of the curved arrow :2:

in' Fig 2, the rin s g and rollers 12 will bite upon the sheet 0 paper A presented edgewise thereto, and move said sheetforward throu h the space between the ide-plate 8 and t e base-piece 5. The relii tive width of the sheet 0 paper thus drawn from the paper roll is suc with relation to the width of the space or crevice c that it will freely move therein, and by sliding contact there'- with at its side edges be guided straight during the forward movement of the paper, The front transverse edge m plate 8 is true and serves eifectivel as a paper-cutter, so that upon taking ho d of a projected end of a aper sheet and drawing upon it, a proper ength of paper may be extended forward from the crevice c and then, by pulling the removed portion with a shearing action against the edge m,-the sheet may be neatly severed for use, as may be re uired.

t will be noted that when paper is to be removed from the roll a slight rotatable movement of the roller 11 in direction of the curved arrow as will project the free end of the paper from the front end of the guidelate, so that it may be taken hold of an pulled for removal of a desired length 0 the aper, and then severed, as before explaine The device is neat in appearance ma be constructed in sizes to support and de iver any width of wrapping paper, is light portable, durable andinexpensive, and wi operate perfectly on any grade of wrapping paper that is in a roll.

Having thus described my invention, I

v claim as new and desire to secure by Letters mounted to turn on the upper en Patent: 1

1. The combination with a base piece pro vided with spaced slots, a carrier rod supported; transversely above one end of said ase piece, a guide plate mounted upon and spaced from the base piece and provided with slots registering with the'slots in the base piece, posts secured to the sides of the base piece opposite the said slot?i a roller 5 of said posts above the guide plate and having proecting rings thereon that work in the said slots in the guide plate, pintle rods inserted throu h the lower part of said posts and into t e base piece the sand rods crossing the slots in the base piece, and rollers "slots; and coacting with said guide plate having in the base of the guide-v mounted on the'said pintl'e rcdsin' said the said projecting rings onnid roller; o

2, The combination with a flat base'piece having spaced parallel slots therein near opposite si es, posts on the sides of said base piece near one end thereof, and a carrier rod supported by the posts, of a flat guide plate havm side flanges secured on the base iece and ightly spacing the plate there in, 76

spaced slots therein near each side and registermg with the slots iece flat posts secured to the sides of the ase piece 0 posite said slots, 1. roller supported on sai posts and eitend- 80 ing transversely above the guide plate, and having annular rojections near each end that work in the said slots, pintle rods e tendingthrough the lower art of the said posts and the said flanges o the guide plate as and into the base piece, the said rods crossing the slots in the base piece, and rollers in i said slots mounted to turn on the pintle rods and adapted to co-act with the annular projections of said roller. 1 i

3. The combination with a flat elongated base-piece having parallel side ed 8 and spaced slots therein, posts at one en of'the base-piece, and a carrier rod sup 0 ed on the posts transversel above an arallel 98 with the base-piece, o a ide-plate having" depending flanges secur on the side edges of the base-piece, said plate being spaced from the base-piece, posts on the Side edges of the base-piece, a roller rotatably sup- 100 ported on the posts across the guide-plate, said fiide-plate'having slots above those in the se-piece, elastic rings 7 or bands j mounted on the roller and working through the slots in the guidelate, and rollers mounted upon t e base piece and spaced from the u per surface thereof, the said ide plate mg provided with slots and t e front edge'o said guide plate forming a paper cutter, posts on the side edges 0 the base piece opposite the slots in the guide plate, a roller mounted to turn on saidzposts above the guide late and provided near each end with an e astic ring, the peripheral surfaces of said rings projecting be 0nd the peripheral surface ofthe roller an extendp12 in throu h said. slots in the guide-plate, an rotata le devices mounted in the base piece and adapted to oo-act with the said elastic rings.

' 5. In combination, a flat base piece having parallel side edges and spaced slots therem adjacent to the side edges, a carrier rod supported above one end of the base piece, a fiat guide plate carried by the base piece and slightly spaced from the upper surface thereof, the front edge of said gulde plate formin a paper cutter, the guide plate being provi ed with slots registering with.

serted in the sides of the base piece and crossing the said slots in said base piece, and rollers rotatably supported in said slots or said pintle rods and adapted to contact witl the mugs of said roller.

In testimony whereof I have signed m; name to this specification in the presence 0 two subscribing witnesses.

CHAS. RICHARD HOTCHKISS.

Witnesses:

H. G. PARSONS, JOHN W. HAGAMAN. 

